245The TempleHamburger KunsthalleAccession no: 31178 State: 1/1 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | |
Provenance: |
Paper size: | 108 x 153 mm |
Plate mark size: | 101 x 153 mm |
Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | very fine laid lines |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | distinctive plate tone, wiped in circular strokes |
Note on foul biting: | fine loose pitting across cart, tree, left roof and right façade |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
Whistler's signature on paper: | on tab |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp' |
Note on the tab: | 34mm from left, 7 x 14 mm |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | verso centre: brown seal of Hamburg with text 'KUNSTHALLE ZU HAMBURG' (Lugt 1233); pencil: '31178' |
Dealers' stock nos: | verso lower right: '2200' |
Misc inscriptions by others: | verso lower left corner: 'D.5. VU.20'; verso centre 'Whistler. The Temple' and 'The Temple' |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2340118 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.